Re: Why does Greg Lindahl behave the way he does??

From: Simon Beresford <sb@sophron.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <318fbae1.35894185@news.u-net.com>, Christopher Yearsley
<Chris@pandion.u-net.com> writes

Another example:

>>Each player will have his own WWW page results to view starting this
next
>>turn. The http address will be listed on your email results.
Eventually
>>email results will be eliminated, and players will receive an email
notice
>>that their turn is ready to view.

>Which leads to a philosophical question: will it still be a
>play-by-mail game?

>Actually, I don't see why email results are being eliminated. Many
>users of the Internet use only email. In fact, there are 2 services in
>the US offering free email connections, if you own a computer & modem.
>Distant Vistas won't be reaching these customers...

>-- g

>(disclaimer: my company owns one of these 2 free email services, but
>I have no direct financial stake in it, I just write their backup
>scripts.)

This reply seems to me itself to be a form of advertising anyway, unless
he does it for free...

>
>Good internet digests and other resources stand up on their own. This
>petty behaviour serves only to demean, not to promote.

Just so

--
Simon Beresford

References

Re: Why does Greg Lindahl behave the way he does??
lindahl@deshaw.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 05 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What to join?
lindahl@deshaw.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 04 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Why does Greg Lindahl behave the way he does??
lindahl@deshaw.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 05 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What to join?
lindahl@deshaw.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 04 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000